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ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Mike Shanahan’s plan to restore order, professionalism and consistent success to the Washington Redskins disintegrated quickly in 2013, costing him his job Monday a day after the team finished a 3-13 season.

Shanahan was fired after a morning meeting with owner Dan Snyder and general manager Bruce Allen at Redskins Park, a formality expected for several weeks as the losses mounted and tension rose among Shanahan, Snyder and franchise player Robert Griffin III.

Shanahan went 24-40 in four seasons in Washington and had one year remaining on his five-year, $35 million contract.

Snyder will now be seeking his eighth head coach for his 16th season as an NFL owner — a span that includes just four winning seasons, two playoff victories and seven last-place finishes in the NFC East.

Shortly after his meeting with Snyder, Shanahan made a five-minute statement thanking fans, players, reporters and Snyder. Shanahan did not take questions, and he defended his efforts in rebuilding the Redskins while repeating his assertion that an NFL-levied salary cap penalty hindered his ability to improve the roster even more.

The Minnesota Vikings also fired coach Leslie Frazier on Monday morning, one year after they made the playoffs and one day after they finished a 5-10-1 season.

After going 10-6 in 2012, the Vikings regressed this year, done in by a leaky defense and an ongoing inability to find stability at quarterback. Frazier finished 21-33-1 in three-plus seasons.

The 54-year-old Frazier had one season remaining on his contract.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have fired coach Greg Schiano and Mark Dominik following a 4-12 finish. The Bucs made the announcement a day after a season-ending 42-17 loss to the New Orleans dropped Schiano’s record to 11-21 over two seasons.

The Detroit Lions also fired head coach Jim Schwartz.

Detroit flopped to a 7-9 record this year after a 6-3 record start put the franchise in a position to win a division title for the first time since 1993.

This comes on the heels of the Cleveland Browns firing coach Rob Chudzinski Sunday night.

There could be as many as eight coaching casualties in a busy day of firings. The Dallas Cowboys’ owner, Jerry Jones, holds the future of Jason Garrett in his hands after the Cowboys slid out of the playoffs at 8-8 with Sunday night’s loss to Philadelphia.

Jacksonville could go the route of Cleveland and fire a coach after one year after Gus Bradley’s debut ended 4-12 and the Jaguars were outscored by a league-high 202 points. Bradley was the Seattle Seahawks’ heralded defensive coordinator when he was hired last January. The Jaguars, however, might not want to be hiring a third coach in three years, and Bradley at least did better in his inaugural outing than Mike Mularkey did last season in going a franchise-worst 2-14.